VIDEO: SpaceX launches batch of Starlink satellites from Florida Wednesday

By FOX 35 News Staff

Updated April 19, 2023 11:06am EDT

Watch again: SpaceX launches batch of Starlink satellites

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on April 19, 2023.

ORLANDO, Fla. - SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Central Florida Wednesday morning.

Liftoff took place at 10:31 a.m. ET at the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, and three Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.